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Beaumont, TX vs Bettendorf, IA

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#31 2005 High Gas Prices

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#84 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#183 2005 Best Places to Live

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#150 2005 Best Places to Live

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I am amazed at what I read on these items about the twin cities of Bryan/CS and Aggieland in general. I was dragged there from Houston by my husband in 1980, kicking,  More

I swear the only thing I love about Beaumont is my FAMILY who lives there. That's IT! Everything else, I HATE IT! There's nothing to do in Beaumont what so ever! The  More

The humidity here is why I want to investigate other places to  More

very low crime, great schools, housing costs-a decent house for family of 5 is around  More

We are thinking of moving to the area (Iowa). I am an NC native, although we feel the need to move out due to huge influx of newcomers in this area from the northeast  More

We moved to Bettendorf when our son was in elementary school based on favorable comments about the schools from several friends in similar stages in their lives. We  More